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Words of advice to young men delivered in two sermons at two conventions of…
Words of advice to young men delivered in two sermons at two conventions of young men, the one Decemb. 25, 1666, the other Decemb. 25, 1667 / by Thomas Vincent ...
London: printed for Thomas Parkhurst, 1668
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
(3.) The wicked one doth represent the way that Professors walk in as an unpleasant way: he would persuade young on•s, that they must never look for a pleasant hour any more, if they will be religious; that their laughter must be turned into weeping, and their joy into heaviness: that there is required so much repenting and mourning, that they will never endure it.
(3.) The wick•d one doth represent the way that Professors walk in as an unpleasant way: he would perswade young on•s, that they must never look for a pleasant hour any more, if they will be religious; that th•ir laughter must be turned into weeping, and their joy into heaviness: that there is required so much repenting and mourning, that they will never endure it.
To overcome this prejudice of the wicked one, know,
1. That indeed you must repent of sin, if you would be saved, and your sorrow in some measure must last so long as your lives last, because of the lasting of sin.